Once the mom started levitating I lost interest and the book became a chore to read. Unfortunately, things get silly pretty quickly. There was a part where the little girl asks her mommy if angels can talk that genuinely creeped me out. Honestly, I quite enjoyed the first few chapters. The family hear some creepy voices, see an evil talking pig, and get covered in green slime. The kids are disappointed by their presents, the stepdad feels chilly, the dog pukes, the mom has some sex dreams about a man who isn’t her husband, there’s a reek of human shit in the basement, and the parents beat their kids with a strap. The Lutz family move into a new house right before Christmas. But whoa some of the scenes from the imaginary friend Jody flying out the window, to the visitor at the door, to the voice in the house and just everything in the basement this film is all about delivering some authentic chills.Despite what it says on the cover, this book is definitely not “a true story”.

Although a great horror classic Amityville's finale is somewhat anti climactic and after a long and impressively scary build-up it fails to deliver the end goods. Like the Chainsaw remake the new ones looks to amp up the horror and intensity which would be greatly welcomed. it has more to do with the real terror inducing legend that inspired it.

The film's overall lasting appeal has little to do with the film's apparent campiness. The effects are simple but effective and the performances are somewhat over the top but necessarily wacky. It builds a creeping mood filled with fright inducing suspense.

Like The Exorcist, pretty damn boring and funny in my opinion. With the exception of Texas chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, the Omen and some others I rarely see what people did in their horror classics nowadays.

And although slightly disappointed in some of the films scenes ultimately I must say this is one old fashioned scary flick! I can hugely recognize the appeal it had in it's it's hey day. hearing mixed reviews from friends and critics from terrifying to hilarious I turned it on with my boyfriend at the time and prepared myself for something scary. Being a huge horror buff, I just had to and besides I had only seen some of it's absurd sequels. Excited about the remake I decided to go out and just but the original Amityville Horror.

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson